India Names Squads for West Indies Series and Irani Cup
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India has picked a new squad for cricket matches at home. The team will play against West Indies. These are white-ball matches. This means ODI and T20 games.
India also picked a squad for the Irani Cup. This team is called Rest of India, or ROI. The Irani Cup is a big domestic cricket event in India.
One player, Nitish Reddy, made a big choice. He left the Asian Games cricket team. He wants to play in the ODIs against West Indies instead.
The Asian Games is a large sports event in Asia. Many countries send athletes to compete. Cricket is one of the sports there.
This news shows that players and selectors must make choices. Sometimes a player cannot play in two events at the same time.
Fans are now waiting to see the matches. The West Indies series will happen soon in India.
Vocabulary15 words
- squad
- a group of players chosen for a team
- white-ball
- cricket games using a white ball, like ODI and T20
- Irani Cup
- a cricket competition played in India
- Rest of India
- a special cricket team made of top players from different states
- Asian Games
- a big sports event for countries in Asia
- ODI
- a cricket match with a fixed number of overs
- domestic
- happening inside one country
- selectors
- people who choose players for a team
- withdrawn
- taken out or removed from something
- series
- a group of matches played between two teams
- home series
- matches played in a team's own country
- athletes
- people who play sports
- compete
- to try to win against others
- T20
- a short cricket match with 20 overs for each team
- announced
- told to the public
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Answer key
1. A home series against West Indies and the Irani Cup 2. He withdrew from the Asian Games 3. True
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India has picked a new _____ for cricket matches at home.
The team will play against _____.
These are _____ matches, meaning ODI and T20 games.
India also picked a squad for the _____.
This team is called _____, or ROI.
One player, Nitish _____, made a big choice.
He left the _____ cricket team.
He wants to play in the _____ against West Indies instead.
The _____ is a large sports event in Asia.
This news shows that players and _____ must make choices.
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